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Active Stock : Facebook (NASDAQ FB) brings down Lecpetex Botnet

In an interesting development, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) helped bring down a botnet called Lecpetex. This story shows both the growing sophistication of hackers and the difficulty of getting people to follow straightforward security protocols. Facebook reported that People downloaded and ran .exe files from spam messages despite years of warnings. The Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) wrote a post about the Lecpetex Botnet, explaining all the technicalities. … Continue reading Active Stock : Facebook (NASDAQ FB) brings down Lecpetex Botnet

Richard Atkins
Analysis, Finance, Internet

World Cup Germany vs Brazil Semi Final breaks Twitter Inc (NASDAQ TWTR) records

Twitter Inc (NASDAQ TWTR) revealed yesterday that the Germany’s 7-1 victory over hosts Brazil was tweeted about a huge 35.6 million times. This makes Germany vs Brazil as the most discussed sports game on Twitter since Twitter’s launch. This Germany Brazil match has doubled the tally secured by the previous most tweeted Soccer game, the one which was played between Brazil and Chile in this … Continue reading World Cup Germany vs Brazil Semi Final breaks Twitter Inc (NASDAQ TWTR) records

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Stock in News: Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ AMZN) Sues Ex Executive For Joining Google Inc

Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ AMZN) has filed a lawsuit against a former employee Zoltan Szabadi for accepting the job with Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG). Amazon filed a lawsuit in Seattle, Washington claiming that Szabadi’s acceptance to take a job in Google somehow breached the contract he signed with Amazon, according to various sources. Amazon has yet again dragged a former employee, who joined Google recently, to … Continue reading Stock in News: Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ AMZN) Sues Ex Executive For Joining Google Inc

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet, Mobile, Software

Active Stock: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) Boosts Free OneDrive Storage

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) have increased their free cloud storage offering from 7 gigabytes to 15 gigabytes. Office 365 customers will receive one full terabyte of storage. For those who want extra storage without paying the full price for Office 365, they can pay Microsoft just $1.99 a month for 100 gigabytes or $3.99 for 200 gigabytes. If users want one full terabyte of storage, they … Continue reading Active Stock: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) Boosts Free OneDrive Storage

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) bans Porn in Advertisements

In an important development, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) has decided to ban the pornographic websites from posting ads by using company’s advertising network. The internet search giant Google appears to be in no mood to negotiate over the content for extra profit. After taking a decision in March, Google has, now, finally decided to ban the Porn ads from its advertising network. According to the new … Continue reading Stock in News: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) bans Porn in Advertisements

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Top Stock : Facebook (NASDAQ FB) to continue in Afganistan

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) will continue in Afghanistan even though there were proposals to restrict the social networking site in the wake of ethnic hatred that sourced from it at the time of presidential elections. The war of words between the supporters on the website started after candidates Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah were accused of frauds in the June 14th election. Facebook has become the … Continue reading Top Stock : Facebook (NASDAQ FB) to continue in Afganistan

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